On October 5, the New York Times published three decades worth of sexual harassment allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein. Then, the New Yorker published its own investigation, revealing three women who had accused Weinstein of rape. Since the two articles were released, many more women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and rape.
In total, 30 women have come forward with allegations. But that’s not all. Over the weekend, a campaign started 10 years ago by activist Tarana Burke, to encourage “empowerment through empathy,” re-emerged, according to AV Club. The campaign, “Me Too” encourages survivors to confirm the heart-wrenching truth: that nearly every woman or female-identified person (as well as non-binary individuals and “a significant minority of men”) on Earth has been the victim of sexual assault and/or harassment.” Thousands shared their stories on social media.
Harvey Weinstein is seen walking in Soho on July 10, 2017 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Women across Hollywood participated in the “Me Too” campaign, and have continued speaking out about harassment and assault.
Below is a list (in alphabetical order by first name) of women (and some men) who allege they were harassed, assaulted or raped. We will unfortunately update this as more comes out, but as AV Club reminded us: “If it all seems overwhelming, remember: This is only a small fraction. The real numbers are actually much higher.”
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez
Guiterrez, a model, told the police in 2015 that Weinstein had sexually harassed her. She wore a wire during a New York Police Department sting later and taped Weinstein admitting that he’d groped her previously, according to Teen Vogue. The audio was published by the New Yorker, though it did not lead to charges or a trial.
America Ferrera
Ferrera took to Instagram to announce she had been the victim of sexual abuse as a child.
Angelina Jolie
Jolie told the New York Times that she had a “bad experience” with Weinstein in the late 1990s, according to Teen Vogue. She said that she had a bad experience with him in her youth and since then, has decided never to work with him again and warn others against him.
“This behavior towards women in any field, any country is unacceptable,” said Jolie, according to Teen Vogue.
Anika Noni Rose
Rose, an award-winning American singer and actress, posted on Twitter.
Me, too #MeToo
— Anika Noni Rose (@AnikaNoniRose) October 15, 2017
Anna Paquin
The Canadian-born New Zealand actress joined in the Twitter movement.
Me too
— Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) October 15, 2017
Ashely Judd
The New York Times piece starts with Judd detailing the time Weinstein invited her to a breakfast meeting when she was a young actress. When she arrived at the hotel, Judd was sent to Weinstein’s room where he was waiting in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower.
“How do I get out of the room as fast as possible without alienating Harvey Weinstein?” Judd told the Times was her thought process at the time.
Asia Argento
Argento told the New Yorker that Weinstein raped her. He forcibly performed oral sex on her, but Argento told the New Yorker that she didn’t come forward earlier because she feared he would “crush her,” according to Teen Vogue, because he had crushed a lot of people before.
Björk
Björk told the story of her encounters with a “Danish film director” after being inspired by the #MeToo hashtag. She said that the director repeatedly came on to her on set and humiliated and punished her when she turned him down, reports AV Club. “It was extremely clear to me when I walked into the actresses’ profession that my humiliation and role as a lesser, sexually harassed being was the norm,” she wrote.
Cara Delevingne
Delevingne announced on Instagram that Weinstein had harassed her on two separate occasions, once when he called and asked her about her sexual orientation and sexual partners, and another time when he propositioned her and another unidentified woman for sex.
Claire Forlani
Forlani took to Twitter to say that she’d escaped Weinstein’s advances five different times.
#HarveyWeinstein #ClaireForlani #MyStory pic.twitter.com/gEVDkbP5ec
— Claire Forlani (@ClaireAForlani) October 12, 2017
Dawn Dunning
Dunning told the New York Times that she expected to attend dinner with Weinstein in 2003, but instead, she was directed to his hotel room, where he was waiting in a bathrobe. Dunning said that Weinstein said she could sign contracts for his next three films if she had a threesome with him.
Debra Messing
Messing, who will be starring soon in the reboot of her famous show Will & Grace took to Twitter to voice #MeToo.
Me too https://t.co/ScX67Kmmiy
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) October 15, 2017
Emily Nestor
Nestor was a temporary employee at the Weinstein Company for one day in 2014. Weinstein invited her to his hotel room, where, according to the New York Times, he told Nestor that he would help her succeed in her career if she accepted his sexual advances.
Emma de Caunes
In 2010, Weinstein asked the French actress to lunch after they met at a party. de Caunes told the New Yorker that he lured her to his hotel room saying he was going to show her a book he was turning into a movie. But in the hotel room, de Caunes alleges Weinstein went into the bathroom and emerged naked with an erection and told her to lay down on the bed. She was able to leave, but told the New Yorker that she saw a television director directly after the alleged incident, who confirmed her account of the interaction and confirmed that she was distraught.
Evan Rachel Wood
Wood has talked publicly about being assaulted twice, once by an ex and once by an owner of a bar, reports AV Club. She posted a Twitter statement last year about the assaults after talking about them in a Rolling Stone interview, and she advocates for victims’ rights. She joined in the #MeToo movement on Twitter.
Because I was shamed and considered a “party girl” I felt I deserved it. I shouldnt have been there, I shouldn’t have been “bad” #metoo
— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017
It took a while for my body to feel again after shutting down. Empathy, joy, sex, tears, all had to be re-learned. #metoo
— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017
–of the woods yet, but it has gotten better. Sharing my stories and feeling less alone really helps. So thank you for listening. #metoo
— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017
Felicia Day
The actress, singer, writer and web series creator joined in on Twitter, saying, #MeToo, but not just in Hollywood.
#metoo And not just in Hollywood. When I think back, the younger and more naive I was the more frequently I had to deal with it. https://t.co/sIxzNJ9lWr
— Felicia Day (@feliciaday) October 17, 2017
Florence Darel
Darel told People that Weinstein propositioned her for sex at a hotel while his wife was in the room next door. This was in the mid-1990s.
Gabrielle Union
Union has been open about her experience as a survivor for many years, reports AV Club. She appeared on Good Morning America to discuss her new book, We’re Gonna Need More Wine. In the book, she details being raped at gunpoint at the age of 19, reports AV Club. She described what it felt like to see the #MeToo hashtag trending.
“I saw #MeToo and my arm went numb. I thought it was all about me, and when I realized literally hundreds of thousands of people, men and women, talking about being a part of this unfortunate club. It just rips your heart out. I will continue talking about it, I will continue to try to keep educating. You see so much now with victim blaming and victim shaming and really trying to put the onus on the victim and trying to say that there’s some right way to deal with trauma. And I just have to keep speaking out to dispel as many misconceptions as possible about sexual violence,” she said, according to AV Club.
This. #MeToo https://t.co/oYiyeMxvuy
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) October 15, 2017
Reminder. I got raped at work at a Payless shoe store. I had on a long tunic & leggings so miss me w/ “dress modestly” shit.
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) October 15, 2017
Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow told the New York Times that Weinstein made an advance on her when she was 22-years-old. She was about to start shooting the movie Emma, and after a meeting in his hotel suite, Weinstein put a hand on her leg. He then suggested they go to the bedroom for massages. Paltrow told The Times that she refused and later told her then-boyfriend Brad Pitt. Pitt then reportedly confronted Weinstein, and Paltrow was scared she would get fired because of it.
Heather Graham
In a piece for Variety, Graham wrote that in the early 2000s, Weinstein implied during a conversation that she would have to have sex with him in order to get a role in one of his films. Graham said that she declined, and did not work for him professionally, but did not come forward for many years. “While I still do feel guilty for not speaking up all those years ago, I’m glad for this moment of reckoning. To the countless other women who have experienced the gray areas: I believe you,” she said, according to Teen Vogue.
Hilarie Burton
Burton, famous for her roles on One Tree Hill and Lethal Weapon, was a former MTV VJ. She accused Ben Affleck of grabbing her breast during an appearance on Total Request Live in 2003, according to AV Club. This prompted other women to accuse Affleck of improper conduct toward them. Affleck later apologized to Burton with a grammatically incorrect one-line tweet.
Girls. I’m so impressed with you brave ones. I had to laugh back then so I wouldn’t cry. Sending love.
— Hilarie Burton (@HilarieBurton) October 11, 2017
Ilana Glazer
The co-creator of Broad City took to Instagram to discuss the “countless” times she has been sexually harassed. The star writes that is it “especially depressing” because “entitled assholes have plagued her from middle school into the present.” She writes that teachers, coworkers, restaurant patrons, a doctor, and even her own employees have harassed her.
Isa Dick Hackett
Hackett told The Hollywood Reporter that then-Amazon programming chief Roy Price repeatedly and aggressively sexually propositioned her even after she turned him down. He even told Hackett, who is the producer of Amazon’s The Man in The High Castle and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, “You will love me dick,” according to her account in The Hollywood Reporter. Price has since resigned from Amazon Studios.
James Van Der Beek
Van Der Beek, a former child star, talked about his own experience of being assaulted by “older, powerful men,” after Terry Crews came forward, reports AV Club.
I’ve had my ass grabbed by older, powerful men, I’ve had them corner me in inappropriate sexual conversations when I was much younger…
— James Van Der Beek (@vanderjames) October 12, 2017
I understand the unwarranted shame, powerlessness & inability to blow the whistle. There’s a power dynamic that feels impossible to overcome
— James Van Der Beek (@vanderjames) October 12, 2017
Javier Muñoz
Muñoz took over the role as Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway production of Hamilton last year. He joined in the #MeToo campaign.
Me too. I don’t know if means anything coming from a gay man but it’s happened. Multiple times.
— Javier Muñoz (@JMunozActor) October 15, 2017
Jennifer Lawrence
At the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards, Lawrence gave a speech in which she described “degrading and humiliating” experiences with producers and casting directors, reports AV Club.
“During this time, a female producer had me do a nude lineup with about five women who were much, much, thinner than me,” she said. “We stood side by side with only paste-ons covering our privates,” she said, according to AV Club. Lawrence said she went to another producer to complain, and he said, he didn’t know why everyone thought she was fat. “He thought I was ‘perfectly fuckable,’” she said, according to AV Club.
Jenny Slate
Slate took to Twitter to join the #MeToo movement.
Bc I thought ppl wld blame me or my sense of humor (which they DID, btw) it was scary°rading to speak out re: harassment at work. #MeToo
— jenny slate (@jennyslate) October 16, 2017
Jessica Barth
Barth told the New Yorker that in 2011, Weinstein asked her to give him a massage while he was naked.
Judith Godrèche
While at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, Weinstein invited Godrèche up to his hotel suite to talk business. He then asked her for a massage, she told the New York Times and when she refused, he told her casual massages are an American custom.
She told The Times, “The next thing I know, he’s pressing against me and pulling off my sweater.”
Kate Beckinsale
Beckinsale told The Hollywood Reporter that she met Weinstein when she was only 17-years-old. He invited her up to his hotel room, where he greeted her while only wearing a bathrobe. He offered her alcohol. She said she was able to leave without incident, but that when she saw Weinstein years later, he didn’t recall the event.
“A few years later, he asked me if he had tried anything with me in that first meeting. I realized he couldn’t remember if he had assaulted me or not,” she said to The Hollywood Reporter.
Katherine Kendall
Kendall told the New York Times that after a screening of a movie with Weinstein in when she was 23, Weinstein said he had something to pick up from his apartment and she went with him. After about an hour of talking and drinking, Kendall alleges that Weinstein went to the bathroom and emerged in a bathrobe. He then asked her for a massage. She declined, and Weinstein took off the robe and chased her, then tried to get her to show her breasts, according to Teen Vogue.
Kimya Dawson
Dawson, an American singer-songwriter, took to Twitter to post a photograph of Me, Too written across a foot.
#metoo pic.twitter.com/rXNFUqadBo
— Kimya Dawson (@mrskimyadawson) October 15, 2017
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga revealed in 2014 that she had been raped at the hands of a record producer. At the 2016 Oscars, she performed a powerful rendition of her song “Til It Happens To You,” surrounded by fellow survivors, reports AV Club. She took to Twitter to join in the “Me Too” movement.
— xoxo, Gaga (@ladygaga) October 15, 2017
Laura Madden
Madden was an assistant of Weinstein’s. She told the New York Times that he propositioned her for massages during the 90s. She is quoted in The Times saying, “It was so manipulative. You constantly question yourself — am I the one who is the problem?”
Lauren Sivan
Sivan was one of the first women to come forward after the New York Times article. She told HuffPost that Weinstein had masturbated in front of her. He also tried to kiss her and trapped her between two rooms.
Lauren O’Connor
O’Connor wrote an internal memo about the “toxic environment” at the Weinstein Company. This memo was a huge part of the initial New York Times story, according to Teen Vogue. “I am a 28 year old woman trying to make a living and a career. Harvey Weinstein is a 64 year old, world famous man and this is his company. The balance of power is me: 0, Harvey Weinstein: 10,” O’Connor wrote in a memo at the time.
Léa Seydoux
Seydoux wrote in The Guardian that Weinstein allegedly invited her to his hotel room, where he tried to kiss her. She was able to get away, but she said she had to see him multiple times after this because of his fame in the industry. “This industry is based on desirable actresses. You have to be desirable and loved. But not all desires have to be fulfilled, even though men in the industry have an expectation that theirs should be,” she said, according to Teen Vogue.
Liza Campbell
Campbell alleges that Weinstein asked her to take a bath with him after meeting him at his hotel suite, according to a piece in the U.K. publication The Sunday Times.
Louisette Geiss
Geiss said that Weinstein offered to meet with her at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to go over a screenplay she was pitching. She said during a press conference that after about 30 minutes in his office, Weinstein left and returned only wearing a bathrobe. He then told her he was going to get into a hot tub and wanted to masturbate in front of her, according to Teen Vogue.
Louise Godbold
Godbold wrote in a blog post that Weinstein allegedly trapped her in an empty meeting room, where he propositioned her for a massage and put his hands on her shoulders.
“No one needs ‘that kind of publicity,’ least of all the hundreds of women Harvey must have propositioned over the decades,” she said of the women coming forward, according to Teen Vogue. “He will remain rich and powerful, the women will remain unknown, silent, hurting, because to speak up would be even more painful in this climate of victim-blaming.
Lucia Evans
Evans told the New Yorker that in 2004, when she was an aspiring actress, she met Weinstein at a club in New York City. Weinstein scheduled a meeting with her, and Evans alleges Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him.
“I said, over and over, ‘I don’t want to do this, stop, don’t,’” she said, according to New Yorker. “I tried to get away, but maybe I didn’t try hard enough. I didn’t want to kick him or fight him.”
She says that she “just sort of gave up,” according to Teen Vogue, and “that’s the most horrible part of it, and that’s why he’s been able to do this for so long to so many women: people give up, and then they feel like it’s their fault.”
Lupita Nyong’o
Nyong’o wrote an Op-Ed for The New York Times about her experiences with Weinstein. She writes that he invited her over to his house for a screening with his children and then asked her to his bedroom, where he said he wanted to give her a massage. She had other interactions with him, some with no incident, until finally, over one dinner, Weinstein said they could finish their meal in his private room. Nyong’o declined, and Weinstein told her that “if she wanted to be an actress, she would have to do this kind of thing,” and that he had slept with other famous women, look at where they are now. Nyong’o writes that she declined again, and he said, “You have no idea what you are passing up.” Nyong’o responded by saying, “With all due respect, I would not be able to sleep at night if I did what you are asking, so I must pass.”
Lysette Anthony
Anthony, a British actress, said during an interview with The Sunday Times that Weinstein raped her. She claims the producer came to her home, and she answer the door in a dressing gown. “He pushed me inside and rammed me up against the coat rack and started fumbling at my gown,” Anthony explained, according to Teen Vogue. “He was trying to kiss me and shove inside me.” She told The Times that she was ultimately unable to fight him off, and called the incident “pathetic” and “revolting.”
Melanie Lynskey
Lynskey has been an outspoken supporter of the women who have come forward accusing Weinstein. She added her voice in a thread responding to a New York Times editorial by Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik. Bialik said in the piece that her modest dress and her lack of conformity to an “impossible standard of beauty” is why she has not experienced sexual harassment on set.
I’ve tried to stay true to my feminist principles in my work. Which can be hard when you have a limited amount of options
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) October 16, 2017
Who are their own person, with their own narrative. Who can be sexual, and are loved
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) October 16, 2017
Despite this. And despite my penchant for wearing sweats and uggs to work. I have been groped, harassed, hit on,
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) October 16, 2017
Guess what. I fucking didn’t. None of us did. No matter what
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) October 16, 2017
To all the women who have come forward. And those who are still afraid to. I stand with you
It’s happened to all of us. #MeToo
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) October 16, 2017
Mira Sorvino
Sorvino told the New Yorker that in 1995, Weinstein started massaging her shoulders in a hotel room and “chasing her around.” Though she was able to get away that time, there was another incident where Weinstein showed up at her apartment after midnight. He claimed they need to go over marketing ideas for a movie. Sorvino told the producer that her boyfriend was on his way, and he left.
Molly Ringwald
Ringwald wrote an Op-Ed for New Yorker, saying that while she was able to avoid harassment during her dealings with Weinstein, she has “plenty of Harveys of my own over the years, enough to feel a sickening shock of recognition,” according to AV Club. She recalls a humiliating audition where she had to wear a dog collar for reasons that had nothing to do with the scene, as well as other experiences from her early teens.
“Stories like these have never been taken seriously. Women are shamed, told they are uptight, nasty, bitter, can’t take a joke, are too sensitive,” Ringwald writes, according to AV Club. “And the men? Well, if they’re lucky, they might get elected President.”
Patricia Arquette
According to AV Club, after director Oliver Stone expressed sympathy for Harvey Weinstein, Arquette suggested that this was a case of “creeps protecting their own” by describing her own experience with Stone. He asked her to meet about a film that was “very sexual” in content. Arquette is now calling for an end to the backlog of thousands of rape kits that are sitting untested around the world, reports AV Club.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 15, 2017
Reese Witherspoon
During the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards, Witherspoon said (of the Harvey Weinstein allegations), “I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly, and I have found it hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate,” reports AV Club. The actress revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a director when she was 16-years-old. According to AV Club, Witherspoon said she has had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault, but doesn’t speak about them very often. She said “after hearing all the stories these past few days and hearing these brave women speak up tonight, the things that we’re kind of told to sweep under the rug and not talk about, it’s made me want to speak up and speak up loudly because I felt less alone this week than I’ve ever felt in my entire career,” reports AV Club.
.@RWitherspoon says memories of abuse have “come back to me very vividly” this wk. She recalls being assaulted by a director at 16 #ELLEWIH pic.twitter.com/3sDGQfAZQJ
— Carly Mallenbaum (@ThatGirlCarly) October 17, 2017
Romola Garai
Garai told The Guardian that she had to audition for a film for Weinstein in nothing but a “dressing gown,” according to Teen Vogue. She said the situation was “humiliating.” “The point was that he could get a young woman to do that, that I didn’t have a choice, that it was humiliating for me and that he had the power. It was an abuse of power,” she said, according to Teen Vogue.
Rose McGowan
McGowan alleged that Weinstein raped her during a Twitter thread posted Thursday, Oct. 12.
1) @jeffbezos I told the head of your studio that HW raped me. Over & over I said it. He said it hadn’t been proven. I said I was the proof.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017
You want to play let’s play #ROSEARMY pic.twitter.com/uqd26Z78gc
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 10, 2017
McGowan declined to comment for the initial the New York Times piece, reports Teen Vogue, but the paper reports that in 1997, McGowan and Weinstein reached a $100,000 settlement after an “episode” in a hotel room. In the wake of the article, McGowan took to Twitter to respond to all the allegations against Weinstein that were coming out.
This is the girl that was hurt by a monster. This is who you are shaming with your silence. pic.twitter.com/TrtRNiYfIT
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 8, 2017
Rosanna Arquette
Arquette went to Weinstein’s hotel room to pick up a script in the early 1990s. She told the New York Times that he was waiting for her in a bathrobe and asked for a massage. When she suggested he get a profession masseuse, Arquette claims Weinstein grabbed her hand and pulled it towards his genitals. When she pulled away, Weinstein reportedly told her she was “making a big mistake.”
Rosario Dawson
Dawson also joined in Twitter campaign.
All too pervasive… Me too. #MeToo #TogetherWeRise https://t.co/ju5K3USDt8
— Rosario Dawson (@rosariodawson) October 16, 2017
Sarah Ann Masse
Masse told Variety that Weinstein hugged her in his underwear and said he loved her while she was interviewing for a nanny job in 2008. She did not get the job, and she told Variety that it “felt like I dodged a bullet.”
Sarah Smith
A former Miramax employee alleged that Weinstein raped her in the basement of his London office 25 years ago. She is going by the alias of Sarah Smith for legal reasons, and she told The Daily Mail that she remembers that she though “I have to keep saying ‘No!’” According to Teen Vogue, she told Daily Mail, “I was very aware that if a woman says no, it means no. And that was the one thing going through my mind throughout, ‘No, no, no, no!’ It was over very quickly and then he just said, ‘Get out!’ I remember walking home that night and it was cold and sodden. I was mortified and ashamed. I didn’t tell anyone.”
Sophie Dix
Dix told The Guardian that Weinstein pushed her onto his bed in the 1990s while in his hotel room. He then forcibly tried to remove her clothes. After Dix escaped and later returned, Teen Vogue reports, she alleged that Weinstein was masturbating.
Terry Crews
Crews came forward in light of the Weinstein allegations to share his story of being groped by an unnamed Hollywood executive while at a party, reports AV Club. The groping took place in front of his wife. According to AV Club, Crews said the shame and fear prevented him from speaking out earlier.
“Hopefully, me coming forward with my story will deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless,” he said in a Twitter thread, according to AV Club.
This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD. Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME. (1/Cont.)
— terrycrews (@terrycrews) October 10, 2017
Tommi-Ann Roberts
Roberts told the New York Times that in 1984, she was an aspiring actress and Weinstein offered to help her get a role in a film. Roberts alleges that he was naked in his bathtub when she arrived at his hotel, which is where she was told to meet him. Weinstein then told her that Roberts couldn’t get the role unless she was topless in front of him, reports Teen Vogue.
Unnamed Women
There are many women who have chosen to remain anonymous who have accused Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment. One woman who alleged that Weinstein had raped her told The New Yorker that “He drags your name through the mud, and he’ll come after you hard with his legal team,” reports Teen Vogue.
Zelda Perkins
The New York Times reports that Perkins, one of Weinstein’s former assistants, reportedly confronted Weinstein after he’d made a number of inappropriate remarks and requests to female employees.
Zoë Brock
Brock told The Guardian that Weinstein cornered her and asked her for a massage while he was naked when she was 23-years-old. She locked herself in the bathroom in order to escape, according to Teen Vogue.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, there are places ready to help. Teen Vogue writes that you can seek help by calling the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673). For more resources on sexual assault, visit RAINN, End Rape on Campus, Know Your IX, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
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